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Sheep yards

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Sheep yards

Sheep yards are an essential part of every sheep farm. They are often hot and dusty to work in over summer and autumn. Many are now wholly or partly covered to shelter stock, and to keep them dry if rain looks likely and they are due to be shorn the next day.

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by G. R. Roberts

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Robert Peden, Farm fencing – Yards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17480/sheep-yards (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.